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Hello, dear readers. This is the last Health Care Inc. of 2025, so I thought it was only fitting to look back and see which companies, characters, and storylines defined the year. What did I miss? I hope you all have a great holiday season, and I’ll see you in 2026.
The UnitedHealth fallout
We entered 2025 with a grim storyline: UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson had just been murdered on a Manhattan sidewalk, and many Americans used the event as an opportunity to voice frustration with the “inherent unfairness” of the health care system. It was this generation’s version of the discontent seen earlier in movies like “John Q.” (2002) and “As Good As It Gets” (1997).
